How Harvard Bioscience Deals with the Blessing and Curse of Its Own Name
Of all the factors that helped Holliston-based life sciences equipment seller Harvard Biosciences stay in business for more than a century, one of the most important is probably the company’s very name.
Founded in 1901 as a part of Harvard Medical School, The Harvard Apparatus Co. became its own nonprofit a few decades later, then changed to a for-profit company in the 1960s. Twenty years ago, it changed its name from Harvard Apparatus to the current one, and today it’s one of just a handful of for-profit companies authorized to do business using the coveted name of the world’s most famous university.
Founded in 1901 as a part of Harvard Medical School, The Harvard Apparatus Co. became its own nonprofit a few decades later, then changed to a for-profit company in the 1960s. Twenty years ago, it changed its name from Harvard Apparatus to the current one, and today it’s one of just a handful of for-profit companies authorized to do business using the coveted name of the world’s most famous university.